Mimmo

Although I'm not an Ipswich fan, I have to admit that Doyle and Sayfutdinov are on a different planet to any other rider in the UK. Simply outstanding.

Having had a spell at Foxhole, he should have a bit of knowledge of the place, where he would be likely to score more than TJ. It depends which Ben Barker turns up.

Yes, the track shop has the Speedway Star.

How much more bad luck can King's Lynn have this year. Get well soon Thomas, and fingers crossed that surgery isn't required.

67/23

I've contacted Jim McGregor, and asked him if he can get the referee concerned, to upload it onto the SCB site.

Thoroughly enjoyed last nights meeting, with plenty of passing. What a terrible decision by referee Simon Humphrey-Kent, when Drew Kemp took a spectacular tumble in Heat 4, where the remaining riders expected the red lights to come on, none more so than Nicolai Klindt, who slowed right down, but no lights came on. That could possibly have cost a race win for Klindt, which would have least given King's Lynn, a draw and the chance of victory in the Super heat. But that apart, good racing, and congratulations to both team teams, on good performances from both sides.

I'm just hoping that all the people who have fallen out of love with King's Lynn Speedway, will come along and help save the club from closure, if only out of respect for the people you used to stand/sit with, who you probably chatted or had a pint with, who still depend on it as there night out. As a club, they've suffered bad times, which is currently the case, and good times when they were in a lower league. What ever has happened before, nobody can change, but we can all help by offering our support whilst the club sorts its financial and managerial problems out, of which they will with our help and support, so we can move forwards again. It's obvious that a lot of you don't like Keith Chapman, and of course, that is your right, but if he hadn't bought the stadium in the first place, nobody would have enjoyed those wonderful years of the past, under his leadership, of which he now wants rid of. He's been quite open and said he wants to sell the speedway side of his business, and it's such a shame that Alex Brady had to leave suddenly for the reasons he gave, because I thought he was the right man to get the club out of the doldrums in seasons to come. He's publicly said that he would like to one day return, and who knows, that day could be tomorrow, or it could be two years time, only he knows that. Buster is obviously talking to people and sponsors behind the scenes, but he's never going to get people interested in purchasing the speedway business, unless more people return to the terraces. Those of you who constantly express your opinions on social media, on the quality of riders that are in the team, and bear in mind, nobody deliberately rides badly, as they're not earning their wages. Everybody in whatever form of life has there own level of ability, and that's how human life revolves. You complain about certain riders that have been signed, of which you have got that right to do, I'm no different. But just take a look at other clubs, and I don't just mean Peterborough, they are built in a similar fashion to that of King's Lynn. Ipswich are one club in such a case, that are complaining about Danny King, Erik Riss, Joe Thompson, before he was replaced by his brother, but you don't read of their supporters walking away from their club. Many of you say you no longer attend speedway meetings at the Adrian Flux Arena, but you must still like the sport, and have an interest in what's happening at/with King's Lynn Speedway club, or you wouldn't waste your time looking and writing on these forums in the first place. So please, help to keep King's Lynn Speedway alive, and the sport alive in Norfolk, in all probability, the county were the majority of you live, and return to the terraces for the last few meetings of the season, which will hopefully encourage someone, or a consortium plus maybe extra sponsors, to purchase the club from Keith Chapman, and see if they can put right what you don't like. Only you can do that now, so please give it one more shot, in an attempt to keep speedway alive in Norfolk

Seth Perkin, son of former Wimbledon promoter Ian Perkin.

Certainly agree with those comments, there were some terrible decisions made by the referee, he needs reassessing.

In defence of Laguta, he's never ridden British tracks before, and yes, it looks as though he doesn't like tracks like Leicester, and I'm sure Wolverhampton and Ipswich will be the same, but at least give the guy a chance, he'll hopefully learn from his first visits, and improve the next time. He's not an unbeaten World Champion by luck. I agree that as things stand, Sayfutdinov is a far better rider, but he does have experience of British tracks, albeit limited All I'm saying is give the King's Lynn rider a chance, rather than judging him on one particular meeting.

If that's true, why haven't the club announced it?

Surely this topic has run it's course now folks. I hope Artem Laguta remains with us, but of course I fear he won't, as I would imagine he must be expensive. Whether you like or dislike Keith Chapman, he's trying to find a way of keeping our club running beyond this season, and we should be supporting him in those efforts, not slagging him off all the time for what he may, or may not have been doing to our liking in the past, and even now. It's obvious that he's buying time whilst he can find a buyer for the speedway club instead of taking the easy way out, and withdrawing us from the league. So surely he deserves the support of all true King's Lynn fans to encourage him, whilst the search continues. It's a terrible shame that Alex had to leave due to his personal situation at the moment, even though his departure was ill timed, but we can't change what has happened, we can only encourage what might happen going forward. 'UP THE STARS'

Having attended this meeting yesterday, it knocked spots off anything I've seen in the past few years at either Championship or Premiership level. The racing was simply top draw, with not a single poor heat amongst fifteen. Dayle Wood of Edinburgh is certainly one for the future, and although only scoring three points, William Richardson for the home side looks raw, but the makings are there. I've seen a few National Development League meeting this year, and in my opinion, it's on a different planet to the other two leagues with it's sheer entertainment. Thank you to both clubs, brilliant.

Whoops..LOL!!

Is the meeting this Thursday going ahead as planned please, now the club don't have a promoter?

If Chris Louis has said that about a fellow promoter, no matter who he/she is, he needs to be severely reprimanded by the SCB/BSPL in public, and have his promoting licence taken away. That is way out of order, and he should know better.

It might be, not enough time to tell yet!!!!

You are quite right of course. I admire all those riders who take to track, just not to earn money, but entertain the public. There's been so much criticism of two clubs in particular, but in all walks of life, we all have have our own level of ability at whatever our job or recreational activities might be, and speedway riders are doing their best (well most of the time!!). They are putting their lives on the line in an to attempt to entertain us, and we should praise them for that, not keep knocking them.

Quite right, of course it's safe.

Keith Chapman doesn't prepare the track. Keith Chapman didn't pick the team, so can't be blamed for the poor results. He's having to now so as to keep King's Lynn running for the remainder of the season. He's had to inherit an expensive rider in Artem Laguta, but has kept on board for the supporter's sake. The man is doing the best he can having to take on the financial side of the club, that he'd got rid of. I think we all know, that the team that was put together at the start of the season was poor decision making, but not the fault of Keith Chapman, as he had no financial input into the club, and just financed Peterborough to keep them afloat. Poor side I know, but the Pedersen didn't help, and I don't know who was responsible for putting the team together anyway, although I suspect it probably was Keith Chapman. To be fair, on paper, they didn't look a bad side, and should be doing better than they are. Neither club are producing racing of the quality that they used to, due to the track material that's being used. Whether that's down to cost, or unavailability of 'Red Shale' who knows. I know that Leicester have red shale, and the racing is worse there than either King's Lynn or Peterborough. But with regards to King's Lynn, I think Keith Chapman is receiving a lot of undeserved criticism. A man who bought the stadium, saved the speedway many years ago, and has provided the fans with some excellent years, and now some not so good years, and not his fault this season as already mentioned, but this sort of thing happens in any team sport. It's also been mentioned about poor crowds, but which team in the Premiership are enjoying really good crowds in this difficult financial time for us all with the cost of living, I can't think of one? Peterborough seems to be hold up quite well. Ipswich far from satisfactory compared to the past. Sheffield, Belle Vue, and Wolverhampton pretty abysmal, and Leicester, very poor. Sports club supporters seem to be very fickle when their club isn't doing well, none more so than speedway, but it's times like this, that your respective club in whatever sport, needs and deserves our loyalty and support through the not so good times, not just walking away from it.

I've got the answer to speedways problems and affordability for everyone. Walking Football, Walking Rugby, Walking Cricket, so why not Walking Speedway? Machines could be taken to the starting gate by volunteer staff. Riders could then walk out side by side to their respective starting positions. Tapes up, and off they walk for 4-laps pushing their bikes. No mechanics needed, thus saving money. No new engines need, thus saving money. No riders falling, so no need for paramedics, thus saving money. No track work needed doing, thus saving money. No tractor racing needed, so fuel not needed, thus saving money. No new shale or clay needed, thus saving money. No air fence needed, thus saving money. No incident recorder needed, thus saving money. No referee needed, the flag marshal could declare the result, thus saving money. No need to print a new rule book, thus saving money. Promoters could then reduce the admission price by £1 per person, thus saving money for the fans. Promoters could then put the prices up in the bar by £1, thus saving them money they lost on the reduced admission price. So easy when you think about it, with walking sport becoming more and more popular.

Yes as it's called Walking Speedway.

Most of his career.

What a load of bollocks, they are killing our sport......WHY?